Improvement in school-desks



F. T. JUNE. School-Desk.

No. 198,922. Patented Jan. I, 1878.

ATTORNEYS N. PETERS, PHOTO-L THOGRAFMER WASHINGTON UNITED STATESPATEN'I'IOFFIOE.

FRANK T. JUNE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOL-DESKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,922, dated January1, 1878; application filed December 18, 1877.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK T. JUNE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook,and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in School-Desks; and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, ref erence being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in connecting and securing togetherthe slats or backs of school-desks and such furniture to theirstandards, as hereinafter more fully set of wood, and which compose theback of the seat. In the backs of these slats, and crosswise of them,are cut slots, which are in the form of a dovetail. The standards lie inthese slots.

One edge of the standard is made beveled, as seen at 00, while the otheredge is made square.

the other. The standard is not so wide as the groove, and the strip a isintended just to make up the difference in space. The depth of the stripa is just equal tothe depth of the slot in theslat B.

When the standard is placed in the slot in slats the strips are insertedby their sides. The beveled edge of the standard andthe beveled edge ofthe slat fit snuglyin the dovetailed sides of the slots, and when drivenin tightly and glued the standard is firmly and securely fastened to theslats without the use of nails, or screws, or bolts, thus making acheap, convenient, and quick mode of fastening the several partstogether. h 7

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is r The combination of a deskstandard, A,with the slats B B, said slats being provided with dovetailed-grooves,and the standard being secured in same by means of the strips a, thestrips and standard being constructed substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of November, 187 7 F. r. JUNE.

Witnesses:

J. G. COLEMAN, WILLIAM Scorr.

